North America Distribution

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Bush-clover dodder is a native and widespread species in North America. It is a parasitic plant with a wide range of hosts, particularly in the aster family (Asteraceae). It is rare in New England, and restricted to Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, mostly on the coastal plain.

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Information from Dichotomous Key of Flora Novae Angliae

10. Cuscuta pentagona
Engelm.
NC

bush-clover dodder.
Cuscuta arvensis Beyrich
ex Hook.;
Epithymum arvense (Beyrich
ex Engelm.) Nieuwl. & Lunnell;
Grammica pentagona (Engelm.) W.A. Weber
•
CT, MA, RI; also reported from
NH by Seymour (1982), but specimens are unknown. The report for
NH (Ossipee) by Seymour (1982) was based on a specimen of
Cuscuta gronovii. Parasitic on a large number of tracheophytes, especially members of the Asteraceae (e.g.,
Ambrosia,
Centaurea,
Liatris,
Symphyotrichum), mainly on or near the coastal plain.